The peptide group is planar, with only cis and trons conformations possible. Hydrogen bonding within elements of secondary structure stabilize certain atomic geometries. Only L-amino acids (except for glycine) are used in proteins. Although any one of
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amino acids is possible at each position, only one is used. The tertiary structure of a protein is controlled by hydrophobic interactions between nonpolar amino acid residues.
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